Far-right group the March of Georgians attacked three jour­nal­ists from Rustavi 2 on Monday afternoon in Tbilisi. The attack was in response to an on-air joke by anchor Giorgi Gabunia about former Georgian Prime Minister, bil­lion­aire Bidzina Ivan­ishvili, his tree-col­lect­ing hobby, and Jesus Christ.[Read more…]

Hundreds took to the streets in Tbilisi on 14 July, in a xeno­pho­bic, ethno-nation­al­ist rally. The ‘March of Georgians’ railed against ‘illegal immi­grants’, meaning anyone not Christian and white. But some on the far-right dissented against pro-Russian sen­ti­ments within the movement.

Young people from Kabardino-Balkaria have increas­ing­ly been leaving in droves. They move in search of better salaries and living con­di­tions. In their place, more and more foreign labour migrants are arriving, but not all of them are welcomed with open arms.